Dajuan Wagner
| Position | Point guard |
|---|---|
| League | Dominet Bank Ekstraliga |
| Height | ft in ( m) |
| Weight | lb ( kg) |
| Team | Prokom Trefl Sopot |
| Nationality | |
| Born | February 4 1983  Camden, New Jersey |
| College | Memphis |
| Draft | 6th overall, 2002 Cleveland Cavaliers |
| Pro career | 2002–present |
| Former teams | Cleveland Cavaliers (2002–2005) Golden State Warriors (2006) |
| Awards | 2001 Naismith Prep Player of the Year |
Dajuan Wagner (born on February 4, 1983 in Camden, New Jersey) is an American professional basketball player in the NBA, currently playing for Polish champions Prokom Trefl Sopot.
Wagner is the son of former University of Louisville and NBA player Milt Wagner. Forced out of the league by debilitating health problems early into his career, he is currently making an NBA comeback after undergoing major surgery to remove his colon.
Wagner had a phenomenal career at Camden High School and is perhaps better remembered for scoring 100 points in a high school game than his exploits at the collegiate and professional levels. He averaged 42.5 points as a senior, scored 3,462 points in high school (the most in New Jersey prep history), and scored 25 points in the McDonald's All-American Game at Duke.[1]
He played one year of college basketball at the University of Memphis before being drafted with the sixth overall pick of the 2002 NBA Draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers. Often compared to Allen Iverson for his scoring ability, he had a promising rookie season averaging 13.4 points per game but was hampered by injuries and health problems thereafter. He averaged a career low 4.0 points in only 11 games played during the 2004-05 season, and was hospitalized for ulcerative colitis. The Cavaliers did not exercise their option on his contract for the 2005-06 season and subsequently Wagner was out of the league.
His colitis condition was not amenable to medication and, after consulting with New York Knicks head coach Larry Brown, who referred him to a New York medical expert, Wagner underwent surgery to remove his entire colon on October 25 2005 at Mount Sinai Hospital.
In April 2006, Dajuan began training with former high school rival, Omar Wellington at Nexxt Level Sports in Cherry Hill Township, New Jersey. He has been recently featured in the Philadelphia Daily News and on Comcast SportsNet both reported that he will be attempting a comeback for the 2006 season.
On September 22, 2006 he signed a two-year contract with the Golden State Warriors. On November 20, two months after the former college star recovered from a serious illness to make an NBA comeback, the Warriors bought out his contract.[2]
Draft Express, in a rundown of former NBA players, said that he'd be moving to Polish team Prokom Trefl Sopot. [3] On August 31 2007 Wagner signed a one-year contract with Prokom Trefl Sopot.[4][5]
References
- ^ Strauss, Robert. " IN PERSON; Hoop Dreams Revisit Camden", The New York Times, February 13, 2000. Accessed July 25, 2007.
- ^ http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2669233
- ^ http://draftexpress.com/viewarticle.php?a=2215
- ^ http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/15182/180/item
- ^ Dajuan Wagner in Prokom Trefl! August 31, 2007
External links
- Player profile @ NBA.com
- NBA career stats @ basketball-reference
- Camden's Wagner working out with hope of returning to pro basketball
- NBA Draft Busts
| 2002 NBA Draft |
|---|
| First Round Yao Ming • Jay Williams • Mike Dunleavy, Jr. • Drew Gooden • Nikoloz Tskitishvili • Dajuan Wagner • Maybyner "Nene" Hilario • Chris Wilcox • Amare Stoudemire • Caron Butler • Jared Jeffries • Melvin Ely • Marcus Haislip • Fred Jones • Bostjan Nachbar • Jiri Welsch • Juan Dixon • Curtis Borchardt • Ryan Humphrey • Kareem Rush • Qyntel Woods • Casey Jacobsen • Tayshaun Prince • Nenad Krstić • Frank Williams • John Salmons • Chris Jefferies • Dan Dickau |
| Second Round Steve Logan • Roger Mason, Jr. • Robert Archibald • Vincent Yarbrough • Dan Gadzuric • Carlos Boozer • Miloš Vujanić • David Andersen • Tito Maddox • Rod Grizzard • Juan Carlos Navarro • Mario Kasun • Ronald Murray • Jason Jennings • Lonny Baxter • Sam Clancy • Matt Barnes • Jamal Sampson • Chris Owens • Peter Fehse • Darius Songaila • Federico Kammerichs • Marcus Taylor • Rasual Butler • Tamar Slay • Mladen Šekularac • Luis Scola • Randy Holcomb • Corsley Edwards |
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